WEBVTT - Keep your summer spirit

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeartRadio. Good Morning,

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<v Speaker 1>This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. Today's

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<v Speaker 1>tip is to keep your summer spirit. Even if September

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<v Speaker 1>signals the end of summer, the best parts of summer

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<v Speaker 1>can stay with you all year long. So I recently

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<v Speaker 1>encountered the phrase summer spirit while reading Laura Lisa's new book,

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<v Speaker 1>Beach Life. As her family neared their beach community, one

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<v Speaker 1>of her daughters remarked that I can feel my summer spirit.

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<v Speaker 1>The little girl described that it feels like happiness and

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<v Speaker 1>brightness and it's wild. I love this image. I think

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<v Speaker 1>many of us harbor some sort of summer spirit in

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<v Speaker 1>our psychees too. In adulthood, summer isn't necessarily all that

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<v Speaker 1>different from the rest of the year. We still have

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<v Speaker 1>to work, we still have to handle our household responsibilities.

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<v Speaker 1>But if you grew up with extended periods of time

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<v Speaker 1>off from school, the season just feels different. It feels

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<v Speaker 1>more relaxed, but also a little untamed. Labor Day in

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<v Speaker 1>the US tends to mean the end of the summer season.

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<v Speaker 1>Even so, I think it's possible to keep a summer spirit.

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<v Speaker 1>It just means asking what would make life feel full

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<v Speaker 1>of happiness and brightness and perhaps a little wild. Maybe

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<v Speaker 1>it means taking a last minute weekend trip to visit

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<v Speaker 1>a friend sometime and thus squeezing a little extra bit

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<v Speaker 1>of vacation into a busy schedule. Maybe it means eating

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<v Speaker 1>a picnic. Plenty of fall days are still lovely, so

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<v Speaker 1>why not have dinner on the porch. Maybe it's doing

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<v Speaker 1>something you've never tried before, or trying to spend more

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<v Speaker 1>time outside. The good news, well, and the bad news too,

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<v Speaker 1>is that time keeps passing, and so before we know it,

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<v Speaker 1>it will be summer again. Perhaps come next June that

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<v Speaker 1>sense of summer possibility will on its own just reappear.

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<v Speaker 1>But even as the weather gets colder and the days

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<v Speaker 1>get darker, now the wildness of summer doesn't have to

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<v Speaker 1>dwindle to nothing. Just ask what would add happiness and

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<v Speaker 1>brightness to ordinary days. If you embrace those adventures, then

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<v Speaker 1>you will probably be on a good track. In the meantime,

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<v Speaker 1>This is Laura. Thanks for listening, and here's to making

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<v Speaker 1>the most of our time. Thanks for listening to before breakfast.

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<v Speaker 1>If you've got questions, ideas, or feedback, you can reach

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<v Speaker 1>me at Laura at Laura vandercam dot com. Before Breakfast

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